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Key facts
- Currency: Central African CFA franc
- Capital city: Libreville
- Region: Middle Africa
- Continent: Africa
- Land area: 257,670 km²
- Population: 2,388,992
- Political Leader: Ali Bongo Ondimba (President)
Latest news (see all)
Gabonese Firm Supplied $1.5 Bln in Aircraft Parts to Russia in 2023
Read: The Moscow Times
2024-03-28
Once Deemed ‘Worthless,’ a $4.4 Million African Mask Is Now at the Center of a Restitution Claim by Gabon
Read: Art Net
2023-11-02
An Elderly Couple, A Bric-A-Brac Dealer, And Gabonese In France Are Fighting Over A Rare Mask
Read: Arts Journal
2023-11-02
Metrics
General information
Business
| Expense | 13.54 % of GDP |
| GDP | 21,071,700,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 4.23 annual % |
| Self-employed | 33.73 % of total employment |
| Tax revenue | 11.48 % of GDP |
| Unemployment | 20.36 % of total labor force |
| Vulnerable employment | 31.31 % of total employment |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 21,532.40 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 1.21 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 5,349.20 kt |
| Electricity production from coal sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from natural gas sources | 46.05 % of total |
| Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 43.18 % of total |
| Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from oil sources | 10.21 % of total |
| Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 0.56 % of total |
| Net energy imports | -213.40 % of energy use |
| Fertility rate | 3.49 births per woman |
| Forest area | 235,187 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 22.79 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 1,095.79 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 17.70 years |
| Methane emissions | 7,451.56 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 523.12 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Female Population | 1,173,488 |
| Male Population | 1,215,505 |
| Renewable energy consumption | 90.12 % of total final energy consumption |
| Rural land area | 263,338.00 km² |
| Rural population | 221,340 |
| Urban land area | 311.60 km² |
| Urban population | 2,167,652 |
| Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 7.88 % of total population |
Health
| Birth rate | 27.14 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 7.26 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 228.98 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 3.43 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 0.80 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital beds | 6.30 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 66 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 8.40 per 100,000 population |
Other
| Access to electricity | 91.81 % of population |
| Individuals using the Internet | 71.75 % of population |
| Net migration | 1,000 |
| Press freedom | 2.20 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 7,000 |
| Democracy score | 3.61 |
| Democracy type | Authoritarian |
| Military expenditure | 1.26 % of GDP |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 15.38 % |
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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago
